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Walnut is a small city of 27,611 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 27 miles from Riverside, CA. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 69°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.0M and rent runs about $3k a month.
27,611people
$1.0MTypical home
$3,202/moRent
90° / 69°Summer / winter
0"Snow
335Sunny days
32Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 27,611
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,072 people per sq mi
- 27 mi to Riverside, CA
- 27 mi to Riverside, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.0M (≈$6,394/mo)
- Median rent $3,202/mo
- Median household income $129k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 69°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 335 sunny days a year (231 totally clear)
- 30 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 32 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 12 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (127 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,226 per 100k)
People
- Median age 47
- 31% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 57% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to ONT airport
- 15 mi to ONT (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 791 ft
- 25 mi to the ocean
- 109 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 103 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6,244 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 409 bars within 25 mi
- 3,074 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 156 museums within 25 mi
- 19 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Los Angeles County: D+33 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk